Top "Setuptools" questions

Setuptools builds on Python’s distutils to provide easier building, distribution, and installation of libraries and applications.

Explain Python entry points?

I've read the documentation on egg entry points in Pylons and on the Peak pages, and I still don't really …

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How do I set up Setuptools for Python 2.6 on Windows?

Is there any way to install Setuptools for Python 2.6 in Windows without having an exe installer? There isn't one built …

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Differences between distribute, distutils, setuptools and distutils2?

The Situation I’m trying to port an open-source library to Python 3. (SymPy, if anyone is wondering.) So, I need …

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How can I get the version defined in setup.py (setuptools) in my package?

How could I get the version defined in setup.py from my package (for --version, or other purposes)?

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How to include package data with setuptools/distutils?

When using setuptools, I can not get the installer to pull in any package_data files. Everything I've read says …

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how to cleanly uninstall my python packages with pip3 or any other way?

this is my setup.py file for installing my python program, after the installation using python3 setup.py install an …

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How can I make setuptools install a package that's not on PyPI?

I've just started working with setuptools and virtualenv. My package requires the latest python-gearman that is only available from GitHub. …

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Unable to use easy_install to install Python modules

I am trying to use easy_install to install a module called requests by doing easy_install requests This worked …

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How do I install an old version of Django on virtualenv?

This may sound like a stupid question, since the very purpose of virtualenv is to this exactly: Installing some specific …

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"pip install --editable ./" vs "python setup.py develop"

Is there any significant difference between pip install -e /path/to/mypackage and the setuptools variant? python /path/to/mypackage/…

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